The Book our Mothers Read ~ John Greenleaf Whittier

"We search the world for truth;
We cull the good, the pure, the beautiful,
From all old flower fields of the soul;
And weary seekers of the best,
We come back laden from our quest,
To find that all the sages said,
Is in the book our mothers read."

John Greenleaf Whittier

More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier

The photograph is of Louisa Hooper Stewart, 1818-1918 http://www.stokenewingtonquakers.org.uk/nbhist1.html

Your Day's Business ~ William Penn

"In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business." 

 ~ William Penn

More at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn

Artwork from Deborah Klein www.deborahklein.net/

Go Into Your Own Ground ~ Meister Eckhart

"A man has many skins in himself, covering the depths of his heart. Man knows so many things; he does not know himself.  Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, just like an ox's or a bear's, so thick and hard, cover the soul.  Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself."

~  Meister Eckhart

More at http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/meister-eckhart/

Artwork by Harriet Peck Taylor  http://www.harrietpecktaylor.com/

Everyone has to Drink ~ Bernard of Clairvaux

"Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well.

~  Bernard of Clairvaux

More at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux

Artwork by  Stephen Alcorn http://www.alcorngallery.com/